DOUBLE CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1. Standard to somehow get rid of Christmas bird (9) 8. Dancer’s leader sounds like Nureyev (7)
9. Nearest resort for those who of Orient are (7)
10. Drinks to Jacob Marley and co. (7)
13. Audie and Eve mix a drink (3,2,3)
14. Morning I return to a girl (4)
16. Christmas visitors could be good at poker! (5,5)
20. Santa endlessly upset the workers (4)
22. Bet it’s neat rum (4)
24. Shows where girls are boys and men are dames (10) 28. Formerly a design of cone (4)
29. Captivate at the door (8)
31. Adorns, having to live on floors in the main (7)
34. Mincemeat, for example, could be stuck in a tooth (7) 35. Reindeer going like lightning over Germany (7)
36. Jewellery items given in fives at Christmas (4,5)
DOWN
1. The gift of the moment (7)
2. Saver about to find new cures (7)
3. Manorial steward finding engineers on the night before Christmas (5) 4. Old penny the Indian changes for Panto character (7)
5. Very sensitive about Cupid (4)
6. Said to be in favour of a number of calling birds (4)
7. Drinks to follow (7)
11. Hey, there’s magic when the poster is redesigned (6)
12. I managed to find a country (4)
15. I’m returning without silver, but their gifts included gold (4)
17. Walk away from Boxing Day saint to find a French bird (3)
18. Paradise in need of change (4)
19. Knock out actor Gregory with a Russian coin (6)
21. Match that may be given as a Christmas present (3)
22. Bail out a bachelor who hid from thieves? (3,4)
23. Informed a dolt somehow (4)
25. Fun lute composition can be melodic (7)
26. Sam in no position to find a house (7)
27. His legs get broken by vehicles on the snow (7)
30. A monarch usually showing a foot? (5)
32. Consumes teas, possibly (4)
33. What the herald angels do with mixed gins (4)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1. Bird in a pear tree (9)
8. The red-nosed reindeer (7) 9. Oriental (7)
10. Alcoholic drinks (7)
13. Brandy (3,2,3)
14. Lady Hamilton? (4)
16. “We —- —- of Orient are” (5,5) 20. Insects (4)
22. Gaming stake (4)
24. Christmas entertainments (10) 28. “— in Royal David’s city” (4)
29. Way in (8)
31. Covers with decorations (7)
34. Tooth repair (7)
35. One of Santa’s reindeer (7)
36. Fifth day of Christmas present (4,5)
DOWN
1. Gift (7)
2. Saviour (7)
3. Female ruff (5)
4. Character in Cinderella (7) 5. Greek god of love (4)
6. Quartet (4)
7. Accompanying drinks (7) 11 Musical direction, “very fast” (6) 12. Middle East country (4)
15. The three wise men (4)
17. Female bird (3)
18. Biblical garden (4)
19. Russian monetary unit (6)
21. Neckwear item (3)
22. Panto character (3,4)
23. Informed (4)
25. Melodic (7)
26. Large house (7)
27. Horse-drawn vehicles (7)
30. Measuring stick (5)
32. Consumes (4)
33. To carol, for example (4)